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- 9/19/2012
How much does public healthcare insurance cost the average family?
CALGARY | An average Canadian family of two adults and two children will pay about $11,400 in taxes for Canada’s so-called “free” healthcare in 2012, according to a new report from the conservative public-policy think tank, the Fraser Institute. - 9/19/2012
Toronto doctor fighting college over 1978 sex allegation
TORONTO | A pediatrician has been hit with another accusation of sexual assault—his third in recent years. - 9/19/2012
Watch for Tamiflu suspension changes in Canada
Hoffmann-La Roche to introduce new strength of Tamiflu, phased out original strength over time. - 9/19/2012
Why is the N.S. government recommending a hospital smoking section?
HALIFAX | A top health official in Nova Scotia says it’s hard to swallow a recommendation to put a smoking section back in a provincial hospital. - 9/18/2012
Arthritis Research Centre receives Knowledge Translation Prize
OTTAWA _ The Arthritis Research Centre of Canada has won the 2012 CIHR-IMHA Knowledge Translation Prize for its efforts to improve the lives of Canadians living with arthritis through high-impact collaborative research and innovative methods to educate patients and health professionals. - 9/18/2012
New bariatric tilt table created in collaboration with hospital
NORWICH, U.K. | Working in collaboration with the Colman NHS Hospital in Norwich, British treatment couch manufacturer Plinth 2000 has developed what it calls an entirely new bariatric tilt table. - 9/18/2012
Laval hospital first to implant new scaffold outside trials
LAVAL, QUE. _ The hemodynamics team at the Hôpital de la Cité-de-la-Santé of the Centre de santé et de services sociaux de Laval has implanted the first bioresorbable coronary drug-eluting vascular scaffold in Canada. - 9/18/2012
Global Alzheimer’s efforts shift from cure to prevention
LONDON, U.K. | While the cause and progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) are not fully understood, increasing evidence indicates the first chemical changes in the brain happen as many as 20 years before symptoms of dementia are exhibited.